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Boro Acts On Police Pay; Building Crackdown Lauded Your Great Daily Home Newspaper TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1961 Pennshun Tornado Shatters liiiildings (Continued from Pagf 1) mittee came alter questions on the accounting and control of the fund were raised month by Clifford Owles, a Republican candidate for Democratic controlled Fails Township School Board, a of the joinlurc Of Said Owles. am not accusing Pennsbury administration of misappropriation of funds I am criticizin" the schcxil hoard for lack of superviMon of the student He attended las' meetin" in Medill Bair High Fairlcss Hills, al though he said he (iidn't the right opportunity to up." The committee named and due to report appro.ximately months Is made up a (ielcgale from each of three niemlM-r boards. are Russell Brown, Lower Wallace Kd- dington, VarTlley. and Richard Davis, P'alls Townshif), Following the August meeting and to hoard, James Fby. a Ci-'A and acrount- ant for the a statement which explained the breakdown of the short age in the student fund, is now being removed by charging the various to which the loans had originally been made.

To Offset Overpavineni A motion was also night authorizing a payrnrmt of $1,459.89 to the administration account from the fund "to offset an overpayment made to Pennsbury Joint board due to a cliTical error." overpayment is from the student activities fund account to the administrative account, Fby said Accountant Kby explained in the school report that the deficit of $1,911 19 in the administrative ae- count is of following 'joint board (K) (petty cash $7:170 'retirement (Continnpd from I'agp if of Yoakum, Shiner, Edna and Waelder with winds up to 115 miles an hour. The department of public safety reported the roof of a Negro school sheltering 300 people in Edna caved in, but there were no injuries. Resident Says Help Needed On Violations Lieutenant With The Loot deaths, thanks to the mass exrxius of as many a half-million fK'ople from the coast area, now lying flooded and still whipped by strong winds. Communications were cut to many areas. Some i i 2 national guardsmtjn began slate ordered 2 Bristol, movmg in to in the cleanup Guardsmen into the coastal areas borough council job.

Salvatore Accanii, 423 La- Carla is no longer a threat to the Col, W. A. Kengla, Austin civil defease director. said. eye is filled with rain anri we no have a battered by winds up to 150 mile.s an hour and floods that to express the surged through cities and towns; appreciation of the resi- on 12 -foot tides.

dents of Lafayette St. for 'I'he eye touched the tin ami 55 wind.v were of the hurricane eastern edge of Aus- mile an hour reported for a time 'liien the winds to p.b, anfl ucre blowing from (he Backlash of the storm continued to whip the coast, and hurricane warnings remained up from Corpus Christi, to Morgan City, La, Damage was mounting. Estimates ranged to of million.s of Showers May (iooi Ls Off Kengla (explained that when thi- or deep low center, of a hurricane filled with ram, the threat of 'Ainds IS past. Hit Hut the cily of ton. which had raked by plained about the hot weather hurricane winrls as Carla moved today.

But he was able to add on shore Monday, was not an optimistic note in predicting cooling showers tonight and to- Violent twisting winds, which may have one or more Ceorge Whiteley forecaster or water spouts, hit the the S. Weather Bureau, ton County Courthou.se, the police I Trenton, who forecasts for Bucks County, said is very unusually warm weather for Sep- station and the auditorium, causing nuich damage and injuring per.sons. Among the injured were several from the hurricane, who had taken refuge in the court- liouse. The Oiieans Weath(ir Bureau, in fj a.m., EDT, advisory, said storm would continue moving north-northwestward about 12 to 15 miles an hour. tember and is, in fact, unu.sual even for the month of Whiteley was referring to the hot weather which began Sept.

and continued up to high of 91 degrees. The average for this time of year is fi9 degrees and temperature was expected to reach again, ihe said. count 1 fund In it said the storm would bring! average rams through month norlh-cfMitral lorlay and in- the of $1 459 89 to the student fund," said William Ingraham, deputy it- gional in charge of administrative services, ac count.N of both ttie funds and the board funds are in joint Uiard account consists; of money received frum various com machuK's and foi cfjmmission for lakmg pi( tures a lor wa. drawn in favor of the school hoard in Eby uas done without consideration of ftn. fact that part of tfiis balance jepresented amounting to This bal anee when distributed, a (leficit of $1,459,89 the iMjard had 1 1 1 overpairi 1 89.

Now in the fx'tty ca-h account tepre.senis cash loaned In various schools when the sludeni activities ac counts were de ticit IS now i)eing removed by cliarging the various to which loans had originally concluded Other Action In other action, the post j)oned adion on a reiiuest from Local 282, 'IransjHirt Workers I'nion, to fiiaintenani-e, and matron .1 Kaelin and Joseph Wilson ap Ix fore the union agi'-cinent se! a for a meeting of with union representiitr. to held on at 8 pm, in the Fallsington Schixii 'I'he Ujard is to api'i or di'approve a by the union to take i' to de jf want repre.M-nta- tion by Adion wa pu: tponed So licitor If hadn't had sufficient time to study matler A ia! 4 at month'- jng by Dr ker. acting director uf the alley Day fo: D. Childicn I-a the H.i "to pay a amount ol rrione-. ti.

cost i puful tho for clih dren who'e iff: to regular woik 'I'he Vaiiey Day Schooi a a no! mentioned mo tion. ti.e wa.s' lha? go to thiN, or any and turtied The toard de( to the cost of ttu progfam. tfjal Will on of the the di came from Ric. ently, Day S( ha it- jn whereas it was iormerly in fjiiarters in borne. to (Jklalioma lo- night.

Austin had crews ready to sanfi- stream and banks and prepare tlic city of 2 iK), 0 (K) for its first hurricane But Kengla no bad flooding was exiK'cted. He saiil the rain was light and had run with no fUxxiing. Carla lead through Ihr high temperature of is 71)," added, way 17 Killed In Typlioon above the July normal." Could Flit 9.5 Today 'I'he record high foi' yesterday was 95 degrees, in 1931, and record for today is 95, set in 1895. If, by chance, the tempcTa- fure should reach 95 today, and Whiteley admitted with clear skies a slim then a towns record be At 1 p.m. it reached 90, However, W'hiteley forecast cool- showers or thundershowers tonight and tomorrow.

There will l)e a low temperature reading jtonight in the 70s, and not I warm tomorrow, with a high 'about 80 the action that was taken recently by council against building violations on that street. He commended Borough Building Inspector Joseph Gallagher on the job he has done, but he declared that Gallagher help. been enough follow-up on housing Accardi said. He characterized certain Bristol landlords as and pt'rsons who are endangering the physical and' mental health of neighbors by fail ing to maintain their properties. Accardi cited danger to chil dren in particular, He de.scribed a piece of legisla-j tion as a gear in a machine and i said that in Bristol of the! teeth are Accardi received a pledge of full support from council.

Earlier Councilman Louis Paone had de.s- cribed conditions in certain homes on Lafayette St. as He declared that these conditions are spreading from the fifth ward. Inspector Gallagher said, buildings in town have beenj I evacuated already. I more. W'e've only scratched the i surface.

Most complaints that we; receive are true. found rats, roaches and bad On Gallagher's recommendation, council pas.sed a motion to draft a letter to the Bucks County Board of Commissioners, owners of a property at 70fi Pine demand- Bristol Township Police Lieutenant Hany Bauer views with apparent satisfaction 133 suits recovered after a burglary last week at the Robert Hall clothing store on Route 13. Six men, five from Philadelphia and one from Summerdale, N.J., have been rested and rhargcd with the burglarw The thieves allegedly stole "thousands of dollars of garments from the store. Many of the clothes had been sold before the suspects were arrested. (Police Photo) Compensation Slated For Extra Hours By KLKT KRON Courier-Times Staff Writer Members of the Bristol Borough police department will receive overtime payments for all extra hours worked from Sept.

15 to I Dec. 31 or will be allowed to use compensatory time I accumulated in 1961 Jan. 1, 1962. This decision was made on a motion introduced by councilman Henry Kornstedt at the regular monthly meeting of council last night. Previously, the borough committee on police affairs had recommended that all unused compensatory time be canceled after Dec.

31. 196L A protest was made against this recommendation in a letter from the police department filed with council last night. A police department spokesman stated that the department is understaffed and some overtime work is unavoidable. Decision FT Company Called 2 Kxpensive Cats Perish III Fire Births Lower Bucks County Hospital Two Persian cats, each worth $250, burned to death last night in an apartment fire in Perkaeie for which the wrong fire coming improvement of conditions at pany vvag called. Bucks County Deputy Fire Marshall W'illard D.

Underkoffler is investigating for the cause of the fire. that address. Contract Awarded In other bu.siness last night council awarded a contract to the Allied Painting Co. of Trenton for a painting job on the interior of the borough water tower. Allied won with a low bid of $2,485.

Bids ran from $2,485 to $14,000. TAIPFI, Formosa 'I PD Ty )hoon Pamela, armed with mui (U ous 140 hour centei winds, slamnHMl across northern Formf)sa today dealing wide death and destruction. refM)rts said 17 per.sons were killed, with many injured or missing in towns and eities outside Taipei. 'I'here were no imiTunliate reports of casualties in itself, although numerous injuries were feared becau.se of flying i debris Pamela T.upei with wiiKi.s of over 100 miles per hour at 5 am pm. FDT Monday) Cnconfirrned reports said house and buildings damaged in with damage estimated al more than $2 milliun.

Intejjjration For l)el)hie Ships ImmmI. bringing N'OHI-'OLK, Va 'I PD Five sliips steami'd tow.ird Cailf Coast today with food and supplies for areas hit Hurricane Carla. I'S Fleet he.uUiuar ters heie ordered two aircraft earners, two destroyers and an amphibious ship sent to the area Phe due to at tiorthw of of Weiltiesd.iS (I Bureau! lesearchers virtually wrote off i to up" hurricane Deb-i now churning through the! Atlant'ic with winds of' 120 -miles p('r hour, 'I'he remoteness! from land caused re.s('arch<‘rs to I change plan.s to it with silver Kxlide particles to see ifj chemical would draw off Deb moisture anrl reduce its 1 vowel' The centei of the fourth liiirricane was near latitude .2 north, longitude west, or about l.KM) miles east of Bermuda It wiis traveling northward about 14 rnph and was to keep its same course for the next 24 hours Father Hubert Schiffer, S.J., of ('ollege, will at Bi.shop Kgan High School tomorrow night on the topic Church and Racial Integration." Father Schiliye was Hiroshima when city was destroyed by the A-bomb and he hasj described thi.s unique for many audiences. He recently, i-eturned from New Orleans and will speak on the subject of racial integration from first hand exper The cats were owned by David (iehres, 606 N. Fifth whose apartment was gutted cau.sing $1,500 damage.

Perkasie Assistant F'ire Chief; Willis D. Trauger, said his com- piMiy did not immediately get the alarm because an excited neigh-j bor called, by mistake, Sellersville Fire Company. Perkasie and Sellersville are neighboring boroughs. The Sellersville firemen relayed the call to the Perkasie Company. (iehres and his wife, who were out tTjr the evening, got home as the firemen arrived.

Trauger blamed the mistake on ail advvrtising telephone cover which lists the telephone numbers of four area fire companies. four companies have num- Ix'rs with the ALpine exchange. "It would be better if they had to look up the name of the fire, company alphabetically in the! telephone he said. Mr. and Mrs, Bl'njamin 1 27 Cherry Lane, boy I Sept.

9 i Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murr, 9 I Crimson King Lane, Ix'vittown, boy Mr. and Mrs, Elliott Bainbridge, Stieber said after appointment 6 Vestry Lane. Levittown, girl at the Thursday nieeting of Mr.

and Mrs. liaymond Lopes, four-man committee to study his Road. Fairless allegations that board President Hills, girl Morris Feldman wae attempting to the investigation 4 To Sue (Continued from Page lusion in the alleged gift-taking. Crges Councilman John Rodgers from the third ward motioned that the police recommendation be returned to the committee on affairs for consideration. But Fir.st W'ard Councilman William Strobele declared that the jwlice were entitled to know what the situation would be and urged that a decision be made immediately.

this point Kornstedt rno- tioned that overtime payments be made from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31 overtime be held to a Sept. 8 minimum. Pie also motioned that and Mrs.

John Hastings, lo time earned in 19fil Queenbridgo Road, Levittown, girl: available after 1 1 2 at Mr. and Mrs. Clayton discretion of Police Chief in- Radcliffe Edgelv Bristol, boy I-araplli. The motion approved by roll call vote. Borough Manager Ira M.

Gates stated that $LOOO to $1,100 is now available in the borough budget for this expenditure. Police Job Mr. and Mrs. David Evans, 207' Road, Fairless Hills, girli uemanded. His Mr.

and Mrs Christopher Ben- charge from the fact that Box 16. Woodside girl Hess, one of the men under fire, Mj. and Mrs. 47 was named to the investigation Laurel Lane. Levittown, boy committee.

William Given, 87 Also on that committee, until Black Walnut Road, Levittown, this morning, w'ere Stieber him- boy self and Anthony J. Ciccantelli and Mr. and Mrs. Jo.seph Kittol. 27 W'illiam Rice, chairman, This Lane, LevitLown boy morning Feldman revised the Strike irom Pace 1) ience at the invitation of the Cath -1 (qH these plants, too, olic I.ay ouncil of Bucks workers were laid off iwhen parts shortages developed, program will Reuther had authorized all the promptly at m.

with a locals to strike if a complete set- IS Kip ScllOO La Four nuns frinn the Sisters of Hill, Grivnsburg, I narrowly e.sc,'i|MMi injury when 7 c.airier Antid.un and i Sluiiiun la left They t)V a tornado by heduled to slop at aria, cola. FJa fo load helicop- jmhI injury were Sister 'I'eresiiia Bridges of minute showing of Rwl television film Outcaste," the story of first negro Bishop Rev. James llealy, Bishop of tin' Dioce.se of Portland, Maine, near the end of last century. Father SchifftM-'s talk is sclu'ii- uled for K.30 p.m. and will feature' a (jut'stion and answer sion during which the speaker will aii.swer from the aud lence.

committee, removing Hess and Stieber; he has not yet named their replacements. Advice announcement that he had removed Hess and Stieber from the committee came after statement that his attorneys had advised him to withdraw from their investigation. Hess thus morning that. would like to see Stieber serve on the committee along with Ciccantelli because I think they have an axe to grind against one of the accused, who is running for the to I whom he referred is Alimenti. I Hess also said that re- I port to the board on the alleged I kickbacks was conducted his so-called to the relief issue.

investigation by himself as far as I.abor Secretary memln-r of the board knows. and has drawn no Hess declared. Joel Icment were not reached by 10 a.m. Moiukiy. He blamed the resulting walkouts at nearly 100 plants on working conditions in GM.

hours after the strikes started, Reuther and Seaton met to try Then Goklberg telephoned the two men and was reportwl to have a formula lor the dispute. Sept. 10 Mr. and Mrs. John 735 Merlin Bristol, girl Mr.

and Mrs. George Myers, 10 i Shade Tree Lane, Levittown. Mr. and Mrs. P'rancis Douger-: ty, 60 Strawberry Lane, town, boy Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas 2301 Avenue Newportville, boy Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tingle, 403 Norwood Croydon, boy. Mr.

and Mrs, Marvin Weitzen- hoffer, 24 Harp Road, Levittown, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony (iro.ss, 443 Stonybrook Drive, Lexittown, boy. Mr.

and Mrs. (ieorge Kaspcr- itis, 24 Tiger Lily Road, Levittown. bov. (Continued from Page 1) man from the Fifth Ward, who stated, a marks should be Draft Board Check Mayor Niccoletti said that he had checked with the draft board on Eiastlack's status and had been informed that the young man had not yet been called for a physical examination. Alfred Cordisco, from the Sixth Ward, stated that council is not sure that Eastlack will be drafted soon and this considera- ton should not affect its decision.

It was noted that the appointment of a veteran could lead to the po.ssibility of losing a man to the military also, because veterans with reserve commitments are apt to be called into active service too. considerable dLscussion for and again.st nomination, a motion was made by Councilman Rol)erto that a roll call vote be taken on the appointment. The motion was seconded and Eastlack was appointed by a vote of 13 to 5. Steel I'oo Short For Winnings (Continui'd fiom CLEVEL.XND, Ohio (UPI) Davis, attorney, ship School Board, said his board Burrows won a Pro said this morning that the defamation of character suit against StieU'r will be filed ma- sup tefs equipped with rescue ter lal and mcdn al and plH's Ttic I ill rendi al -ea and from the We.sl area the tians poit Francis Marion, Cuantanamo Hav. IJoiiS Brokrr t'twn.

Pa Sister Anita Marie licnsel of Valencia, Sistei Antoinc'tte Bosco of Pittsbuiiih and Sister Hutter oi 'l'he nun.H had left atiout 4 ago to tfie all-Negro M'hool for the lall term They the only of the 3 I jHsls 14P Speed (jmniy Jipits Survey Refugees (Continued from Page 1) agrc'cs with the assessment. If the appeal is taken to court, Cadwallader said, the board may intervene in the case. The commissioners, sitting as the county Iward of a.ssessment' and revision of taxes, deferi'ed action on the steel appeal. They are exiK'cted to reject it. $10 gift certificate at a downtown festival drawing Monday from the Tall Girls Shop.

Mrs. Burrows is four feet, 11 inches tall. Lion nK-mlicr- last night fiH'eived a generai in to the buying of ks aiKl iHiiid bioker Samuel Sirotf of Levittown disruA.sf<l the stiK marki't with club club first rrM'i'ting of liie (i2 Presidenl Sandv 'file Lions again nexi at 7.1.0 prn at Cleri LaKe Irin. Langhorne w'ili include i'aul atlorney. and Haroid ounty sheuff.

Tiros Wvv Oli (irades Svstetu WASHI.Vn'ON (CPL HI Weather satellite is watching hurricanes, two and a of smaller Kconomv U-agiie is sjiend- which might turn into Imr- 2 to 1 on the fvcy which will cover the work The 2HJ jxjund satellite of all of the than ctKinty launihed into an orbit about 45() employes Job will high on July 12 to search established lor every job and de- out and Gulf hurricanesi partment, with a of pay and their typhoon.s, grades, in the Pacific (juarters, a (piiet game of poker i is in progress on a blanket thrown over a desk as radioed refKM'tsi 'I'he Bucks County Commi.ssion- tnbution of the work load amongicome in. ye.sterday a the county Webb said. There is little traffic to worry for the use of county typists' and ihvee other profe.s-¡officers. to up the Pennsylvania Isional of the Economy of crime have my work on a j()b League and several typi.sts have received on the department of (las.sifkation and scale taken part in the survey. The public safety radio in the past 24 tor employes, county commissioners, all Uilhur Webb, execiitue heads and finally every tv io of I i i i nc not ti 0 is 0 inc i i.

lu Bucks County Branch, said the uv.Kh wfar janimed with people who fled the; fhrw' Philadelphia youths got SIX nionth is sclmiuled toif fvnict tun full i storm. Refuge or not, it is a sym-jterms in Bucks County lini.shed at the of movpd tn authority, and the authori -1 CQju-t yesterday for breaking into u.se of typists, lie said, Registration'patient. Langhorne office speed the job At the understaffed taking speakers and an air The schfwl board, since has appealed the as.se.^sment on the steel plant as P'or 1961 taxe.s it was assessed at For 'Horne riud A HOT ONE This will a Mter dis-i he row thrcv from the Registration Commission next when the reg.stration is lwo his; compres.sor gauge, typists from other offices co ee. i Judge Edward Webb said he recently com- Biester sentenced James pU'ted personnel surveys for Bn.s- are up to their bellies in 3113 Xorth Wendle St. and tol and Morrisville Boroughs.

for want of milk -1 Roth, 3141 Wendle lx)th iiitional surveys will l)e maiie for to a month to 364 days in the Ix)wer Bucks County Joint Alvino Robles comes into a re.s-, Bucks Prison, Benjamin Municipal Authority and Bristol taurant for doughnuts for his wife Michael 2i. 633 Adams and Lower Tow-nships, iand four children, who are was sentenced to three iing at Victoria to 364 days in jail. High yesterday; 91 Low yesterday; 72 High today: 90 Low tonight: 70 Sun.set tonight: 7:13 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow; 6:38 a.m. Forecast; Mostly sunny, hot and humid today, some showers tonight and iomorrow.

Low tonight in 70s, and high tomorrow about 80. Tomorrow's Tides ow: 1:05 a.m. High: a.m. 1:24 p.m. High; 6:21 pm.

for the tides at Morrisville add 15 minutes for high tide and 45 minutes for low tide..

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